Margaret Fox's Amazon Chocolate Cake
★★★★☆
PREP TIME
15 minutes
COOK TIME
30 minutes
SERVES
6 to 8
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour
1/3 cup
unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon
baking soda
1 cup
sugar
1/2 teaspoon
salt
5 tablespoons
neutral oil (like corn, canola, or vegetable)
1 cup
cold water
1 1/2 teaspoons
vanilla
1 tablespoon
cider or white vinegar
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350° F.
- Mix together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, sugar, and salt. Sift. In a separate bowl, whisk together the water, oil, vanilla, and vinegar.
- Whisk together the wet and dry mixtures. If lumpy, whisk until smooth, or pour through strainer in to a bowl and break up lumps, pressing them through.
- Mix again, and pour into a greased 9-inch round cake pan. Tap the edge of the pan against the edge of the counter, or drop from 6 inches to the floor several times to pop air bubbles. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the top springs back when pressed gently.
- Cool before removing from the pan and dusting with confectioners' sugar, or frosting if desired.
